²⁰ You say evil of your brother; you make false statements against your mother's son.

²¹ And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

¹⁶ Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

¹⁸ Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

¹⁸ Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

¹¹ Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

⁶⁵ And they said a number of other evil things against him.

¹¹ Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

³ That old women are to be self-respecting in behaviour, not saying evil of others, not given to taking much wine, teachers of that which is good,

¹⁰ And a great voice in heaven came to my ears, saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: because he who says evil against our brothers before our God day and night is forced down.